Aure, Ardennes

Aure (French pronunciation: [ɔʁ] ⓘ) is a commune in the Ardennes department in the Grand Est region of north-eastern France.

Aure
Commune
The Aure War memorial
The Aure War memorial
Location of Aure
Aure is located in France
Aure
Aure
Aure is located in Grand Est
Aure
Aure
Coordinates: 49°16′29″N 4°38′11″E
CountryFrance
RegionGrand Est
DepartmentArdennes
ArrondissementVouziers
CantonAttigny
IntercommunalityCC Argonne Ardennaise
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Cédric Nicolitch[1]
Area
1
12.72 km2 (4.91 sq mi)
Population
 (Jan. 2020)[2]
41
 • Density3.2/km2 (8.3/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
08031 /08400
Elevation118–191 m (387–627 ft)
(avg. 135 m or 443 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Geography

Aure is located some 55 km east of Reims and some 20 km south by south-west of Vouziers. The western border of the commune is the border between Ardennes and Marne departments. Access to the commune is by road D6 from Manre in the south-east which passes through the village and continues south-west, changing to the D20 in Marne, to Sommepy-Tahure. The D306 goes north-east from the village to Monthois. The commune is entirely farmland.[3]

The Allin river rises near the village and flows south-east to eventually join the Aisne at Brécy-Brières.[3]

History

Aure is cited in a poem by Louis Aragon Le conscrit des cent villages (The conscript of 100 villages) written as an act of intellectual resistance in a clandestine manner in 1943.[4]

French Decorations

Croix de guerre 1914-1918: awarded on 1 March 1921.

Neighbouring communes and villages

[3]

Administration
The Town Hall

List of Successive Mayors[5]

FromToName
19952020Michel Cartelet
2020currentCédric Nicolitch

Demography

In 2017 the commune had 48 inhabitants.

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1793 131—    
1800 136+0.54%
1806 138+0.24%
1821 152+0.65%
1831 162+0.64%
1836 166+0.49%
1841 154−1.49%
1846 167+1.63%
1851 146−2.65%
1866 150+0.18%
1872 122−3.38%
1876 133+2.18%
1881 164+4.28%
1886 147−2.16%
1891 146−0.14%
1896 127−2.75%
1901 106−3.55%
YearPop.±% p.a.
1906 111+0.93%
1911 113+0.36%
1921 100−1.21%
1926 103+0.59%
1931 98−0.99%
1936 90−1.69%
1946 105+1.55%
1954 117+1.36%
1962 102−1.70%
1968 89−2.25%
1975 74−2.60%
1982 66−1.62%
1990 56−2.03%
1999 46−2.16%
2007 62+3.80%
2012 49−4.60%
2017 48−0.41%
Source: EHESS[6] and INSEE[7]
The Church
Bus Stop

Notable people linked to the commune
  • Auguste Achile Baudart, Colonel of the 122nd Infantry Regiment of the Line, born in Aure on 16 November 1844 from a farming family, died at Montpellier on 15 December 1898.[8]
  • Public toilet
    Public toilet
  • Grain Silo
    Grain Silo
  • War memorial close-up
    War memorial close-up
  • The Church
    The Church
  • Entrance to the church
    Entrance to the church
  • Entrance to the village
    Entrance to the village
  • The Bomb
    The Bomb

See also

References
  1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
  2. "Populations légales 2020". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 29 December 2022.
  3. Google Maps
  4. Louis Aragon, Le Conscrit des cent villages, initially published in La Diane française, consulted in Pierre Seghers, The Resistance and its poets: France, 1940-1945, Paris, Seghers, 2004 (2nd edition), ISBN 2-232-12242-5, p. 373-375 (in French)
  5. List of Mayors of France (in French)
  6. Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Aure, EHESS (in French).
  7. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
  8. Almanach, Matot-Braine, 1900, Reims (in French)
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